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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53079 A-X

1. Add MS 53079 A

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Add MS 53079 A
Title:
'Good as gold, or, A friend in need when others fail', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

25 folios.

2. Add MS 53079 B

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Title:
'Jack Steadfast, or, Wreck and rescue', by C. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

18 folios.

3. Add MS 53079 C

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Title:
'Faust and Marguerite'.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 17 August 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. A printed page from a periodical has been cut-to-size and acts as the cover for the play on folio 1. An oval stamp marking the play as received August 9 1869 on folio 2. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:
45 folios.

4. Add MS 53079 D

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Title:
'Ino, or, The Theban twins', by B. J. Spedding.
Scope & Content:
Classical burlesque. Licence sent 23 August 1869 for performance at the Strand. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. J. Spedding, noting further that the play was performed at the Prince of Wales's, Liverpool on the 30 August 1869 and at the S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

57 folios.

5. Add MS 53079 E

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Title:
'The wanderers', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 September 1869 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Monday 13 September 1869. Nicoll lists the play u...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:
28 folios.

6. Add MS 53079 F

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Title:
'Quite by accident', by F. Walters
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 4 September 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James], lessee of the theatre, gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 11 September 1869 on folio 1. The title, together with the details of the licence, ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

12 folios.

7. Add MS 53079 G

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Title:
'Room for the ladies', by J. P. Wooler.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a piece of social extravagance in one act', on folio 2. Licence sent 10 September 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

33 folios.

8. Add MS 53079 H

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Title:
'Little fibs', by E. Berry.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 10 September 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. Dramatis personae with the names of some of the actors added in faint pencil on folio 3. The script contains annotations elaborating upon the stage directions in red and blue pencil throughout. Nicoll att...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

41 folios.

9. Add MS 53079 I

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Title:
'This house to let', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 13 September 1869 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

38 folios.

10. Add MS 53079 J

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Title:
'Linda di Chamon', by A. Thompson.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 16 September 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.). The script takes the form of a printed proof copy, with the title of the play and the name of the dramatist added in ink on folio 1. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for lines mocking the Lord Chamberlai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

9 folios.